Start Strong With A Healthy Brain – Part 2 Posted on April 14, 2025, updated on April 14, 2025 by Gateway Counseling This is part two of our blog on starting the new year strong and staying strong. In this article I am focusing on your brain health. How to keep it firing on all cylinders even as we age. This and my part 1 article are based on a study done by Harvard Medical School. The… Read More
Start Strong With A Healthy Brain – Part 1 Posted on April 11, 2025, updated on April 14, 2025 by Dr. John Hawkins, Sr. Well it is the beginning of a new year. New beginnings are a great time to think of a new start. Let’s focus today on starting strong so you can finish strong. I’m not talking just about finishing the year strong but finishing your life strong. Specifically about maintaining good brain health. Alzheimer’s is affecting… Read More
Push Yourself To Grow Posted on January 15, 2025, updated on April 11, 2025 by Gateway Counseling In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety. Abraham Maslow One definition of death I read was the absence of positive change and growth. When we die everything stops but the decay of our physical body. The problem with many people is they are “dead… Read More
Happy or Angry? Master Your Emotions, Find True Happiness Posted on October 7, 2024, updated on April 11, 2025 by Dr. John Hawkins, Sr. The Role of Positive Psychology Positive psychology is a relatively newer field of psychology focused on being happy in life. Two traits of people that are mutually exclusive are happiness and anger. You don’t see happy angry people. Many people will be happy at times and at other times they may be angry. But you… Read More